Barbies And Kens, Let’s talk…

Nikoleta Angelova
4 min readAug 7, 2023

The sans-serif typeface used for writing the actors' names is Avant Garde Font. You are welcome. Now let’s talk about this movie…without spoilers?

So I went to watch Barbie, obviously for the design inspiration and to see the imaginary world created by the talented set, costumes and make-up designers. But what I was left with was a few chuckles, thought-provoking moments living in my brain rent-free and tears. Yes, I cried. And no, I wasn’t on my period. And if you haven’t cried, well, analyse this with yourself and maybe rewatch the movie again and think about all the women in your life and their points of view.

Lead hair and makeup artist for the movie, Ivana Primorac, was the person tasked with giving life to the beauty aesthetic of the denizens of Barbie Land. — nylon.com

The first name in the credits that I spotted was the Croatian make-up and hair artist Ivana Primorac. In my opinion, everyone was looking stunning. Even weird Barbie.

Barbie doll leaning on a window frame with a tank top saying: Be yourself.
Be yourself. — Photo by Sandra Gabriel on Unsplash

Anyway, what is so special about this movie? Well, first for context I never had a Barbie doll, not for long that is. I got a bunch of dolls for one of my birthdays when I was little and they were all in one big bag (second-hand gifted). But after a few days of playing in the yard with them, and having them EVERYWHERE my grandpa one day woke up and decided to throw them all away…

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Nikoleta Angelova

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